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... in need of protection will attempt to access our asylum system, as is their right per U.S. and international law. It ... To push back against this punitive and harmful policy, GCIR submitted a public comment in opposition and ... city running as well…” It is within this context that GCIR is calling upon philanthropy to resource a response to ...
May 11, 2023
Statement
... a single yearly grantmaking cycle. When I heard about the GCIR 2024 conference, I immediately knew I wanted to ... I think it’s important to recognize that the GCIR conference immediately preceded the election. Something ... you're feeling like nothing will change. Attending the GCIR conference did just that for me by reinforcing my ...
November 21, 2024
Blog Post
... if that is the way we will survive?” To that end, GCIR is responding to these complex challenges by leaning ... the interplay between imperialism and forced migration. GCIR’s 2022 National Convening In May, our biennial ... temporary measure that will relieve pressure on the asylum system while Congress weighs the Afghan Adjustment Act, which ...
March 24, 2022
President's Message
... year I was thrilled to receive a scholarship to attend GCIR’s 2022 convening in Houston in May as an emerging ... to come. Joel Morales at 2022 Convening 350x304px.jpg GCIR’s lineup of plenary sessions, workshops, and ... solidarity with immigrants and refugees. I returned from GCIR’s convening with tools, resources, and new friendships ...
July 13, 2022
Blog Post
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 14, 2021 Contact: dignityfund@gcir.org GCIR and Philanthropic Partners Announce Creation of ... assistance and, at the same time, we can pilot a better system for welcoming immigrants into this state.” ... meaningful long-term investment in infrastructure and system change,” said Antonia Hernández, President and ...
May 14, 2021
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2022 Contact: press@gcir.org Upwardly Global, GCIR Partner To Advance Economic Power for Immigrant and ... up with Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrant Refugees (GCIR)—the nation’s philanthropy-mobilizing organization ...
April 26, 2022
Press Release
By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President Dear Colleagues: In January 2019 , I ... the opposition’s in ambition and scope. I also announced GCIR’s plan to develop an affirmative vision to drive ... and engage a wide range of stakeholders, including GCIR members, immigrant rights and service organizations, as ...
June 5, 2019
President's Message
... targets, an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. GCIR joins our philanthropic partners in condemning the ... wrongly targeted and with each other. As we outlined in GCIR’s January 2025 Funder Recommendations , there are many ... policy resource shortly. Stay tuned! We also encourage GCIR members and philanthropic partners to prepare or review ...
April 24, 2025
Statement
... six months of 2022 have been a time when many of the seeds GCIR planted last year germinated and bloomed, and, as ... can learn more about the Fund from the June 2nd webinar GCIR co-hosted with the Four Freedoms Fund. California ... partners at the local, state, and federal levels. GCIR’s New Theory of Change When I stepped into this role ...
June 21, 2022
President's Message
By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President Vote Sign 2020 has been a year unlike any ... and often both. Yet, in the face of it all, the GCIR community has rallied and risen to the challenge. ... to the most important election in modern history, GCIR has developed a post-election game plan to support and ...
October 13, 2020
President's Message
... and Grantmakers Concerned with Imigrants and Refugees (GCIR). This delegation traveled to McAllen, Texas, and ... , a program officer at the Andrus Family Fund . He joined GCIR's Vice President of Programs Ivy O. Suriyopas and ... more Ramonas out there. How do we build a pipeline, a system where people can live into their passions and live ...
June 3, 2024
Blog Post
... problems we're trying to solve? I moderated a recent GCIR webinar asking this exact question, hearing from ... migrant justice movement is of course a key offering of GCIR through our programming and technical assistance. Here ... materials , webinars , and grantmaking . Here at GCIR, we’re in our second year of collective study on ...
September 9, 2024
Blog Post
By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President The Trump administration has launched its most ...
September 10, 2019
President's Message
... I needed to know about getting ready for this opportunity. GCIR had hired an amazing organizational transition ... going to work. So, to lead and support this amazing GCIR team through the transition, I leaned into what I knew: ... Creating and sharing power with the staff, the board, and GCIR’s partners— In our programming , following the ...
December 7, 2021
President's Message
... work, to transform, and to thrive. We are stepping up at GCIR. Recognizing the limited avenues for action at the ... and strengthening our multiracial democracy. In February, GCIR led our 3 rd delegation – our largest to-date – to ... our democracy, motivated by the urgency of the moment. At GCIR, we will - in partnership with funders and advocates - ...
April 3, 2025
President's Message
A group of leading California foundations issued this call to action on immigration to philanthropy.
January 12, 2018
Statement
... building a caring economy; strengthening an education system that prepares youth with the skills to secure their ... together for an inclusive and equitable future. View PDF for a full list of signatories. Standing Together for a ...
July 9, 2020
Philanthropic News
... CA - Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) today announced a new $10 million challenge grant from ... these local partners already have long waiting lists. “GCIR is deeply grateful for the leadership and generosity of ... communicate with her in her native language of Mixteco. GCIR oversees the Fund, bringing more than 30 years of ...
May 11, 2020
Press Release
... by Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) and Hispanics in Philanthropy , the experience aimed ... and mobilize resources for migrant-serving groups. GCIR Vice President of Programs, Ivy O. Suriyopas stated, ... their region. As a part of the learning journey, HIP and GCIR included a tour of the border wall past some of the ...
May 28, 2024
Blog Post
As we approach 2025, we at GCIR know that working together will be our greatest asset as ... uplift the strategies being deployed by frontline groups, GCIR hosted a series of scenario planning webinars this past ... the week before the election. Over the past months, the GCIR team has been putting our post-election plans into ...
December 19, 2024
Statement